US Patent Issued to FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES on April 22 for "Safety belt D-ring positioning for front and rear seats" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,280,735, issued on April 22, was assigned to FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES LLC (Dearborn, Mich.).

"Safety belt D-ring positioning for front and rear seats" was invented by Clara M. Bennie (Sterling Heights, Mich.) and Brian Bennie (Sterling Heights, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Guidance to a vehicle occupant is directed to manual adjustment of a height of a D-ring mechanism of a safety belt. First data of the occupant is collected which is indicative of a target height for the D-ring mechanism. Second data is collected indicative of a current height of the D-ring mechanism. The target height and the current height are compared to gener...